5/28/2023 0 Comments Belle by cameron dokey![]() Both approaches have their value and I enjoy them both. ![]() I enjoy these types of fairy tale retellings and I think it's somewhat unfair to compare them to the types of retellings where the author takes the bones of the fairy tale and then fleshes them out with their own unique story. I'd recommend them both equally, but I personally lean toward Dokey because we met first (also, her book has the more beautiful cover. Both stories are pleasant, slightly beautiful, forgettable in the details, but remembered fondly in the broad strokes. There isn't really much to either story beyond that, and nothing more is needed. ![]() ![]() What I mean is that the characters don't have depth, the romance is very undeveloped, and the plot doesn't always make perfect sense, but none of that is a bad thing because it's supposed to be that way in a fairy tale.īoth versions stick closely to the bones of the fairy tale: family of sisters lose a mother and fortune, father has an incident with the beast and a rose (a man whose appearance and estate are cursed because his personality is beastly), girl takes place of father in a bargain with the beast, girl and beast find love, enchantment is broken, happily ever afters abound. They're both written in that superficial way that works really well for fairy tale retellings. 2017 Keep the Books Off the Shelf Challengeīoth versions are so similar that I don't know that my opinion of them wouldn't just be reversed had I read them in the opposite order. ![]()
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